The white planet/ the evolution and future of our frozen world
Dominique Raynaud, Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius
- Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2013.
- 326 p.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part one. The World of Ice: Past and Present -- Chapter 1. The Ice on Our Planet -- Chapter 2. From Exploration to Scientific Observation -- Chapter 3. Ice through the Ages -- Part Two. Polar Ice: Amazing Archives -- Chapter 4. Reconstructing the Climates of the Past -- Chapter 5. Glacial Archives -- Chapter 6. The Campaigns -- Chapter 7. Vostok: The Cornucopia -- Chapter 8. Dôme C: 800,000 Years and the Revolution of the Rhythm of Glaciations -- Chapter 9. Rapid Climatic Variations -- Chapter 10. The Last 10,000 Years: An Almost Stable Climate -- Part Three. The White Planet Tomorrow -- Chapter 11. The Climate and Greenhouse Gases -- Chapter 12. Have Humans Already Changed the Climate? -- Chapter 13. What Will the Climate Be in the Future? -- Chapter 14. A Warming with Multiple Consequences -- Chapter 15. What We Must Do -- Part Four. The Poles and the Planet -- Chapter 16. The Crucial Place of Research -- Chapter 17. Humans and the Rise of Pollution -- Conclusion: The Anthropocene Era -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography --